“"Naga shed their scales. We wear ours with pride." —Golran, dragonscale captain”
Hardened Scales
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: {G}
Oracle Rules Text: If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Flavor Text: "Naga shed their scales. We wear ours with pride." —Golran, dragonscale captain
Set: Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (#272), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Mark Winters
Enchantment
Green
Rare
$1.76
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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Official Rulings (3)
2023-09-01
If a creature you control would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it, it enters with that many plus one instead.
2023-09-01
If two or more effects attempt to modify how many counters would be put on a creature you control, you choose the order to apply those effects, no matter who controls the sources of those effects.
2023-09-01
Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.
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